John Eckhardt (double bass)
- classical training at the Musikhochschule Lübeck with Prof. Jörg Linowitzki
- extensive work in Jazz and Improvisation
- graduate student of Robert Black in Hartford/CT, USA, as a grantee of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), with increasing concentration on contemporary chamber music and solo literature
- member of several ensembles and guest of established groups such as Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien, musikFabrik NRW
- numerous appearances at international festivals and on recordings, a.o. I. Xenakis' seminal solo piece "Theraps" for Mode Records
- improvisor with Eliott Sharp, Evan Parker, Malcolm Goldstein a.m.o.
- solo-CD "Xylobiont" on Evan Parker's PSI Records
- clubmusic-project Funksteppa, based on Eckhardt's live bass guitar playing and original beat production
- lives within hearing distance of the Hamburg harbor